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Mott Hall HS: Cite the Site

Librarian: Donna N. Gray, DGray2@schools.nyc.gov
Grade Levels: 6-12

  1. Purchases made with Library REACH Funds:
    1. Destiny Automation Upgrade
    2. Four Mac minis

  1. Content area addressed:
    1. English
    2. Social Studies
    3. Information Literacy

  1. Worked with which teachers:
    1. Ms. Melendez
    2. Ms. Maple
    3. Mr. Cyrus

  1. Title of Project(s) implemented:
    1. Entrepreneur
    2. Around the world
    3. Understanding Shakespeare in Modern times

  1. Description of Lesson:
- Resources Used
  • Online Catalog
  • Computers
- Grade Levels
  • 10th grade
- Lesson Goal
- 1 page summary of lesson plan as an attachment
- How do you know the goal was achieved?
  • Students completed assignment and presented their finding to the class.
  • Reflection comments of research process

  1. Tips on implementing at another school:
    1. Make sure you have an involved teacher
    2. Give students enough time to produce the results you would like to see
    3. Set clear guidelines and goals at the onset of the project

  1. Lessons learned:
    1. Planning time is crucial

  1. Plans for usage of material next year:
    1. Library Orientation
    2. IB Extended Essay research paper
    3. Voice-thread book reviews
Lesson Plan: Cite the Site
Essential Question: How do I cite online sources?
Learning Overview and Objectives
Students learn the format for citing different types of online sources in a bibliography.
  • Elicit from students the different online resources they have used in the past.
  • After creating the list ask them why it is important to share where you got your resources in your research.

  • Ask students what information needs to be included in a bibliography
    • Add in any info they might forget. (author, title, date published)
    • Online Sources Handout (Description of three main online resources online news article, database, professional site)
      • Walk student through the handout and discuss how citing sources online is different from citing print sources.
      • Be sure to point out the differences and similarities with citing each type of source
      • Key Questions
        • Why is the date you accessed the cite important?
        • Why is it important to begin the bibliography during the research process?
        • Why are there no names for some of the professional sites?
        • Group work
          • Students are given online resources and asked to cite at least three of these sources
        • Interactive works cited
          • Each student is given a different section of one work cited entry. Students must figure out the correct order they need to stand in to make the work cited entry correct.
Sample of different cards each student would receive.
    1. Author of article
    2. Article title
    3. Website title
    4. Date article was published online
    5. Date you visited the site
    6. URL of the specific page you used
Assessment
  1. List one question you still have about citing online resources.
  2. Provide two reasons it is better to gather bibliographic information as you search than wait until the search is over?
  3. List three things that need to be included in a bibliography of online resources.